My friend Parker Fitzgerald is a wicked great photographer, but you would never catch him admitting that. He’s quiet and thoughtful, but he can carry a conversation for hours if you get him on the right topics. We had some time to hangout when he visited NYC a couple months ago.

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The following list-acle highlights some of my work that I can look back on with pride and pleasure. My newspaper work demands that I go from assignment to assignment on an hourly basis. As deadlines go whooshing by, I lose sight of the of the larger body of work that amasses over time. Here’s to seeing the big picture.

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New podcast episode of "Meet the Artist" with guest @carrie_maebe of the @rockfordart. This show is where we meet the artists who make our community a more beautiful place. Carrie is the interim executive director & chief curator of the Rockford Art Museum, a post she’s held since 2012. She started working there in 2006. In this episode, we’ll talk about Carrie’s new personal art studio at MainFrame, her unique velvet flock/painting technique, her lesser known singing talent, and her ideas to foster the growth of community art in Rockford. She’s proud of the collaborative spirit she finds within the Rockford art scene. She credits this work ethic for the city’s rise out of the shadow of Chicago. Listen here: https://omny.fm/shows/from-the-newsroom-rockford-register-star/meet-the-artist-carrie-johnson
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Produced by @scottpyates / @rockfordregisterstar #rockstarzphotos #meettheartist #podcast #artscene #rockfordart #rockfordartmuseum #artmuseum #impactjournalism

@boylancatholic’s De’Trevion Malone dives in for a touchdown against Belvidere North in the first half Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 at Belvidere North. Boylan beat Belvidere North, 13-7. See more photos from Friday night football from around the Rock River Valley... link is in bio.
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Photo by @scottpyates / @rockfordregisterstar #rockstarzphotos #ihsa #fridayfootball

Rachel Ford (@rachel_m_ford) and Jim Yeager are the latest guests on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from Rockford Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place.
Ford and Yeager appear in the upcoming #play called “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead,” by @titsproductions.
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Listen to the podcast online at rrstar.com, and subscribe to "From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star" wherever you find your podcasts.
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Produced by @scottpyates / @rockfordregisterstar #rockstarzphotos #podcast #meettheartist #newsroom #impactjournalism #confessions #dogseesgod @NordlofCenter @WinneshiekP @gorockford @Rockford_IL @greaterfreeport #theatre #darkcomedy